Ghrelin gene polymorphisms and ghrelin, insulin, IGF-I, leptin and anthropometric data in children and adolescents

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-133

  Vivenza, D ^a   Rapa, A ^a   Castellino, N ^a   Bellone, S ^a   Petri, A ^a   Vacca, G ^a   Aimaretti, G ^b   Broglio, F ^b   Bona, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 4344690017     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510127     Document Type: Article

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